Charles Davis

Born 1 day before Armistice Day (WW 1), his German American mother said the Germans gave up when they heard he was born in the USA. Enlisting with the Army Air Corp 10 December 1941 he earned his wings flying Waco CG 4 gliders- first on D-Day landing in St. Mare Eglise 4 hours before H-Hour (82nd Airborne) and later to Holland (“Market Garden”, 101st Airborne), then Bastogne. Promoted to 1st Lt., he attained another goal when he flew B-25’s. After the war he signed on as a Reserve and when the USAF came into its own he went to the fledgling Radar community, serving in Germany, Spain, throughout the US and a 2 year stint in Thule, Greenland. Retiring after 23 years as a Lt.Col. at Stead AFB with READS (Reno Air Defense Sector-DEW Line) he continued to serve the people as the 1st Hearings Officer for Insurance/Drivers License Revocation hearings with NV DMV.
He is buried in the Veterans Section in the cemetery at Carson City, having flown to Heaven May 1994.